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Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash
Allium data puts stablecoin payments at $482 billion year to date, up 45%, as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe add crypto rails.
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Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say
BIS working paper finds stablecoin growth slows when US banks raise deposit rates, with USDC most sensitive.
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Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut
Circle defends USDC economics as rivals such as Coinbase-backed Open USD offer partners a bigger share of reserve income.
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French Assembly Backs Tax on Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps by One Vote
The French National Assembly narrowly backed a 2027 budget amendment ending tax deferral on crypto-to-stablecoin swaps; not yet law.
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Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds
A BIS working paper finds that small rises in US bank deposit rates slow stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%. This links stablecoin demand directly to bank competition.
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Circle’s Allaire says stablecoin issuer looking to enter 40 developing markets: Report
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire reportedly says the stablecoin issuer plans to expand into about 40 developing markets, including Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
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Circle Plans Push Into 40 Emerging Markets as Stablecoins Go Mainstream, CEO Says
Circle CEO says USDC issuer plans to enter about 40 emerging markets, citing demand in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
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Stablecoin remittances cost 84% less than traditional transfers, report finds
Borderless.xyz data shows stablecoin cross-border business payments cost 84% less than traditional transfers and settle faster than wires.
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Circle Says 59 Cents of Each Revenue Dollar Went to USDC Partners and Transaction Costs
Circle disclosed revenue split: 59 cents of each revenue dollar went to USDC partners and transaction costs, with 7 cents net profit in H1 2026.
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Crypto Biz: Wall Street closes at 4. Tokenized stocks keep trading
Tokenized stocks are trading beyond Wall Street hours, miners face costly AI expansion, and new accounting rules may favor stablecoins.
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Issue 111 – Back the winners
Newsletter covering a Trump adviser's firm's Tether payments during stablecoin rulemaking and a Senate probe of Commerce Secretary Lutnick's former firm.
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Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC Complete Joint Yen Stablecoin Pilot
Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC completed a joint yen stablecoin pilot covering issuance, transfer and redemption.
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Circle details USDC revenue split, says $819 million went to partners and costs in H1 2026
Circle says about $1.4B of USDC revenue in H1 2026 went $819M to partners and transaction costs and $473M was reinvested. Concrete numbers on how stablecoin economics are split.
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Coinbase and Marqeta Expand Partnership for Enterprise Stablecoin Cards
Coinbase and Marqeta plan enterprise stablecoin cards, with Coinbase holding balances and Base handling onchain settlement.
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Visa Direct moves USDC prefunding into commercial production with Inyo Global
Visa Direct moved USDC prefunding into commercial production with Inyo Global as its first commercial enabler, a notable stablecoin payments step.
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Circle targets 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows globally
Circle's CEO says it is targeting 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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Aave V4’s Arc Markets Connect Dollar-Euro Loans to Shared Liquidity
Aave V4's Arc Markets launched Sept. 16 with four reserve assets, adding a Forex market where borrowers can pledge EURC for dollar-euro loans on shared liquidity.
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Tether paid Bo Hines’ company while he was at White House, WSJ
WSJ reports Tether paid Nxum, a firm co-founded by Bo Hines, millions while Hines was a White House crypto adviser.
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Sweden revisits digital krona as ECB advances digital euro plans
Sweden's Riksbank recommended preparing for a possible digital krona, citing concerns over foreign-currency stablecoins.
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USDC’s EU Reserves and Capital Shift to EBA Supervision in MiCA’s First ‘Significant’ Call
Circle's EU USDC reserves will move to EBA supervision from Nov. 12 after USDC became the first e-money token deemed significant under MiCA.
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Mastercard brings stablecoin balances into traditional banking and card payments
Mastercard's Global Money Platform with BVNK lets banks and fintechs hold and spend stablecoin balances in card and bank payments, with Nuvei and Marqeta among early adopters.
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Visa Direct Moves USDC Prefunding Into Production With Inyo Global
Visa Direct moved USDC prefunding into production with Inyo Global for around-the-clock cross-border payouts.
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Tether Routed Payments to Hines's Firm During White House Tenure, WSJ Reports
WSJ reports Tether routed payments to a firm linked to former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, who received $6.3M via Nxum.
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Firelight Adds $30.5 Million of Cover to Kraken USDC Vault
Firelight added $30.5M of depeg cover to a Kraken USDC vault, with a $100,000 per-address cap and payouts handled by Sentora.
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Stripe and Plasma to Develop Multi-Currency Stablecoin Cards
Plasma moving to Stripe card infrastructure for multi-currency stablecoin cards, including euro spending.
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Fireblocks Opens Stablecoin Marketplace for Payments Firms, Says It Takes No Spread
Fireblocks launched a Liquidity Market where payments firms collect quotes from several stablecoin trading desks and settle with the one they choose, with no spread taken by Fireblocks.
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EBA designates Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first ‘significant’ e-money token
EBA designated Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token, with new supervision starting Nov. 12.
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N3XT Joins Clear Markets’ Collateralizer Network for 24/7 Dollar Derivatives Collateral
N3XT, a Wyoming-chartered bank, will hold dollar collateral for trades on Clear Markets' CFTC-registered venue, enabling 24/7 collateral.
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Tether Payments Reportedly Traced to Bo Hines’ Firm Through a Marketing Middleman
Tether payments reportedly traced to Bo Hines' firm via a marketing intermediary, starting May 2025 while Hines led the White House stablecoin effort.
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DriveWealth Turns to Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin for Client Funding, With Europe First
DriveWealth will let clients fund collateral accounts with Ripple's RLUSD, starting in Europe with a U.S. rollout undated.